[driftdiver]

“I really think these guys have trouble with the fact that a woman is out shining them.”

Its not because she’s a woman. Its because she’s not ivy league.

[St. Louis Conservative]

Sanford ain’t an elitist. He’s as anti-Washington, anti-elite as they come. He truly is a grassroots conservative. I’ve never heard him say one cross word about Sarah Palin.

[omega4179]

He doesn’t have to give her free publicity just because hes an R.

[killermosquito]

Why isn’t Rick Santorum’s name mentioned more often?

[FrankR]

"Its not because she’s a woman. Its because she’s not ivy league. "

I really think it is because she's a woman.

I think these good ol' boy insiders can't fathom answering to a woman.

They can't stand it because she's a relative newcomer and they've been trying to climb the ladder for years to attain the status she has acheived virtually overnight.

And, she has the "baracuda" reputation of rooting out corruption in her own party, and that probably scares them too. I'm not saying that Sanford is any of these, but I do think these things are a factor amongst a lot of the old timers.